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Lawrenceburg utility board questions who will pay Short Street utility invoices
Summary
At a March 2025 work session, the Lawrenceburg Utility Service Board discussed two invoices tied to the Short Street project — a $44,250 boring invoice already paid by utilities and an outstanding equipment/order form that includes a roughly $17,000 transformer — and directed staff to report back; no formal new spending decision was made.
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — The Lawrenceburg City Utility Service Board spent most of its March 2025 work session debating who should pay two utility-related invoices for the Short Street project, including a $44,250 payment for boring work and an outstanding equipment/order form that includes a transformer identified in meeting discussion as roughly $17,000.
Board member Dylan Little led questioning about cost responsibility, saying the board must avoid placing the bills on ratepayers after a recent rate increase. Little said the utilities are “ratepayer based” and raised concern that, unless some other party pays, the systems’ customers would ultimately bear the cost. The board did not adopt any new payments or votes on the invoices during the session.
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